Back to School UpdatesBoard Work SessionAugust 13, 2015

Dr. Rob Anderson, Deputy Superintendent of AcademicsMr. Patrick Burke, Deputy Superintendent of Operations

• New Principals• Strategic Plan Progress

– Strategic Initiative 1: Continuous Achievement and Customized Learning

– Strategic Initiative 7: Student Access– Strategic Initiative 9: School Governance– Strategic Initiative 11: Challenging and Innovative Instruction– Strategic Initiative 13: Stakeholder Skills

• Staffing Figures• Student Enrollment

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Academics Division Update

New Principals

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Principal SchoolShateena Brown Hamilton E. Holmes Elementary School

Taylor Barton Lake Forest Elementary School

Julie Morris Lake Windward Elementary School

James Payne Liberty Point Elementary School

Evon Hewitt Love T. Nolan Elementary School

Maureen Lilly Roswell North Elementary School

Bridgette Marques State Bridge Crossing Elementary School

John Martin Autrey Mill Middle School

Kindra Smith Elkins Pointe Middle School

Tricia Rock Renaissance Middle School

Duke Bradley Banneker High School

Timothy Corrigan Chattahoochee High School

James Zoll Johns Creek High School

Latesha Reeves Langston Hughes High School

Strategic Initiative 1: Continuous Achievement and Customized Learning

• 161% year over year increase in credits awarded during summer session• Largest increases

seen in South Learning Community (444%) and Central Learning Community (218%)

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Strategic Initiative 11: Challenging and Innovative Instruction • Expanded AVID

program at all three levels to 22 schools total

• Providing more opportunities for the academic middle to be College and Career Ready

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Strategic Initiative 11: Challenging and Innovative Instruction

• Heards Ferry, High Point, and Lake Forest were awarded candidacy for the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Program

• Alpharetta HS and Centennial HS are currently conducting an IB feasibility study

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Strategic Initiative 11: Challenging and Innovative Instruction - Career Technical Education

Middle Schools Middle School Programs

Bear CreekCrabappleHaynes BridgeMcNairRiver Trail

Audio-Video Technology and FilmBusiness and Computer ScienceGraphic DesignEngineering

High Schools High School Programs

CambridgeCentennialChattahoocheeMiltonNorth SpringsTri-CitiesWestlake

Computer Programming, Gaming, and AppsEmergency Medial ResponderFire and EmergencyServicesMedical Office and BillingSports MedicineSurgical Tech

Strategic Initiative 11 Challenging and Innovative Instruction - External Partnerships

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Strategic Initiative 7: Student Access

• Transition to Personalized Learning – Training– Device Marketplace– Development and access to digital content and assessment

system

MS Surface 3 Apple iPad Air 2 Latitude 11 Dell Chromebook 11

Convertible Tablet Slate Tablet Laptop Laptop9

Strategic Initiative 13: Stakeholder Skills

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Strategic Initiative 9: School Governance

• All cohorts operating with School Governance Councils

• School strategic plans driving school priorities

• Beginning to see impact on students and teachers

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2015-16 Staffing FiguresHires• Teachers - 782• Principals – 14• Assistant Principals – 20Teacher Vacancies• Remaining Teacher Vacancies – 105Total FY16 Teacher Position Allocation – 6,635Total Number of FCS Employees – 13,734

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3rd Day Count to First Month Enrollment Trends

84000

86000

88000

90000

92000

94000

96000

98000

3rd Day 6th Day 10th Day 20th Day

FY12

FY13

FY14

FY15

FY16

FY16 Est

93,690

Forecasted Enrollment96,229

• Transportation• Safety and Security• School Nutrition • Facilities Services• Construction - SPLOST Program Update

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Operations Division Updates

Route Readiness and Dissemination• 1,600+ runs finalized on website by 8/1

Fleet Readiness• Fleet state inspected, serviced, and ready• Twenty-four new replacement school buses funded by SPLOST

Driver Readiness / Developing our Capability• 95+ new drivers and activity drivers trained• PBIS training for all school bus drivers• Pupil Transportation University• Leadership presented at State GAPT Conference

Student Safety

Transportation

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Safety & SecurityFirst Opening Department Leader• Sixteen (16) years as a school administrator• Former police officer

Emergency Operations Center (EOC)• Central command and control facility• Technology rich environment, collect and analyze data,

collaborate with agencies to support to our schools

School Police/Safety Personnel• 16 new emergency vehicles / one at every high school

Student Health Services• Clinic assistants return to school earlier• New Georgia Religious Exemption form required

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Safety & Security

Emergency Operations Center (EOC)

Dr. Shannon Flounnory, Executive Director

Kitchen / Cafeteria Readiness• Readied 93 commercial kitchens and 750 employees

Meal Prices• Student and adult lunch meal price increased by $.10

USDA’s Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program • 15 elementary schools selected by the GDOE

• Free fresh fruit or vegetable snack provided

Community Eligibility Provision• Twenty-two schools will offer Free Meals to All Students,

expanding the program by twenty schools for 2015-1617

School Nutrition

Facilities Services• Completed 4,400+ work requests• Renovated Community Based Instruction

areas of three high schools• Painted interior of 4 schools• Refinished 23 gym floors• Performed preventative maintenance on 67

heat exchangers and cooling towers• Removed 62 classrooms and installed 25

new modular classrooms• White fleet renewal of 32 maintenance vans

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New Construction – SPLOST

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Heards Ferry Replacement Elementary• First true three-story prototype / 134,500+ SF• Designed by Collins, Cooper, Carusi• Built by Parrish Construction• Demolished a six-story office building and

constructed the school within 15 months

New Highway 9 Elementary• Temporary home of Esther Jackson Elementary• 2 ½ story prototype / 128,450+ SF• Built by Hogan Construction• Large site assemblage• Redevelopment of the site in 13 months

New Construction – SPLOST

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Asa G. Hilliard Elementary• Second of two replacement schools in the College

Park/East Point Area• 2 ½ story prototype / 128,450+ SF• Designed by Collins, Cooper, Carusi• Built by Balfour Beatty Construction

McNair Middle School Replacement• 53 regular and 24 special classrooms • Based on prototype / 189,000+ SF• Built adjacent to existing McNair MS• Mid year opening• Designed by Stevens & Wilkinson• Built by Evergreen Construction

Fourteen Major Renovations • Completed multi-phase

projects at:o Dolvin Elementaryo Chattahoochee High o Creekside High o North Springs High o Roswell High

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Renovations – SPLOST

• Completed single phase projects at:o Conley Hills Elementaryo Crabapple Crossing Elementary o Lake Windward Elementary o Love T. Nolan Elementary o Mountain Park Elementary o New Prospect Elementary o Bear Creek Middleo Crabapple Middle

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Renovations – SPLOST

Conley Hills ES

Crabapple Crossing ES

Love T. Nolan ES

Bear Creek MS

Additions – SPLOST• Middle School Additions

o Hopewell Middle o Autrey Mill Middle * o Taylor Road Middle /

Renovation* o Sandy Springs Middle *

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• Cambridge High CTE Addition*

* mid-year openings

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Special Projects – SPLOST• Westlake HS baseball field• Playground renovations

at 33 elementary schools

Two New Schools Under Construction• Esther Jackson Replacement

• Derrick Road Elementary School

South Learning / Banneker CTE AdditionRenovations in Planning and Design• Wave 4 – Thirteen renovations

• Wave 5 – Eight renovations

Riverwood High School Addition

Esther Jackson ES

Derrick Road ES

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2016 Construction – SPLOST

South Learning Center /Banneker CTE

• 44,445 students learning in new or renovated environments• Over $400-Million committed to date• Over $300-Million projected expenditures• Peak days employing over 2,000 people • Over 1 Million labor hours projected this summer• Over 300 locally owned or operated firms participating

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Community Impact of SPLOST